Arbitrum Open House India: Online Buildathon
$33k and three spots for the IRL Hacker House in Bengaluru are up for grabs
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33,000 USD
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Description
Open House India - 3 week online Buildathon
India has the world's largest developer community.
Arbitrum has infrastructure trusted by institutions and used by millions.
It’s time to connect the two.
The Open House India Buildathon brings three weeks of intensive building using the same tech stack that BlackRock and Robinhood bet their reputations on.
Three weeks to build something that matters.
DeFi. Gaming. Social Applications. Developer Tools. Something entirely new?
That’s up to you.
Build with Stylus in familiar languages, or with Solidity. Deploy on Arbitrum One or a custom Orbit chain.
Bring an existing project or start from scratch.
No compromises. No limits. Just build.
And there’s plenty to play for.
The top teams will walk away with their share of a $33,000 prize pool.
But that’s not all.
The top three teams will each win a place at the IRL Hacker House in Bengaluru in September. Four days of intense working with Arbitrum’s technical team and successful ecosystem founders.
Real mentorship, real connections, real paths from idea to funding.
We've built the infrastructure. You bring the vision.
Let's see what happens next.
FAQs
Overall prize
22,500 USDC
Overall prize
Overall prize
Judging Criteria
Projects are assessed on the following criteria:
Smart contract quality - code following best practices, structured logically and efficiently, with minimal security vulnerabilities
Product-Market Fit - projects with clear potential to attract and retain users
Innovation and Creativity - original approaches that push boundaries
Real Problem Solving - applications that address genuine market needs
Honorable mentions
10,500 USDC
Honorable mentions
Honorable mentions
One standout project per category will receive $1,500:
DeFi excellence
Stablecoin innovation
Gaming breakthrough
AI integration
DePIN application
Mobile solution
Surprise category
Honorable mentions
Judging Criteria
Judging Criteria
Outstanding projects that strengthen specific ecosystem areas are recognised through:
Technical execution quality
Creative problem-solving approach
Market viability potential
Schedule
Resource
Developer Documentation
Hey Open House India builders! We have compiled a list of useful information for you below. Please take a thorough look as most of the information you will be looking for will be covered here.
Faucets
Ethereum Sepolia - claim testnet ETH, then bridge it to Arbitrum Sepolia using the bridge.
https://sepoliafaucet.com/
https://arbitrum.faucet.dev/
https://www.infura.io/faucet/sepolia
https://sepolia-faucet.pk910.de/
Arbitrum Sepolia - just claim testnet ETH and you're ready to go:
https://arbitrum.faucet.dev/
https://faucet.quicknode.com/arbitrum/sepolia
https://www.l2faucet.com/arbitrum
Arbitrum Sepolia USDC Faucet:
https://faucet.circle.com/
RPC Endpoints
Useful Tools for Builders
Arbitrum Docs: https://docs.arbitrum.io/
Arbitrum SDK: https://github.com/OffchainLabs/arbitrum-sdk
Stylus Docs: https://docs.arbitrum.io/stylus
Stylus By Example: https://stylus-by-example.org
Stylus CLI: https://github.com/OffchainLabs/cargo-stylus
Stylus Rust SDK: https://github.com/OffchainLabs/stylus-sdk-rs
OpenZeppelin Rust Contracts: https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/rust-contracts-stylus
OpenZeppelin Solidity Contracts: https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts
Sponsors & Partners
OpenZeppelin
Ethereum Foundation: Founder Success
Couchbase
Appwrite
Speakers
Matthew Dawsy
Ethereum Foundation: Founder Success program
Shivay Lamba
Couchbase
Aditya Oberai
Appwrite
Ben Greenberg
Developer Relations, Arbitrum Foundation
Chris Cordle
Engineering, Offchain Labs
Daniel Bigos
Lead Open Source Developer, OpenZeppelin